Thesaurus Term/Concept: GALLOWS

Identifier 68729
Class MONUMENT TYPE
Status Preferred
Index? Yes
Scope Note A structure used for execution by hanging. Usually two uprights and a cross-piece, from which the offender is suspended by the neck.

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Context Record
Monument Type MCH19168 City Gaol and House of Correction (Bedward Row) (Monument)
Monument Type MCH9687 Galley's Croft (Monument)
Monument Type MCH8642 Gallows Croft (Monument)
Monument Type MCH25586 Gallows Croft, Thelwall (Monument)
Monument Type MCH24489 Gallows Field, Kinderton (Monument)
Monument Type MCH20576 Gallows Hill, Boughton (Monument)
Monument Type MCH346 Medieval Pillory (Monument)
Monument Type MCH7737 Mound, Medieval Gibbet, Gibbet Hill (Monument)